Charity Partners

Firm-Selected Charity Partnerships

As part of our commitment to charitable work, the firm selects three principal charity partners to work with. These partnerships involve more than just financial support – assistance is also offered in relation to marketing activities, event hosting, pro bono work and volunteering. Everyone at Arthur Cox is invited to be involved in the selection process of our charity partners through a staff survey. We conducted a survey at the end of 2022 and our new charity partners are Women’s Aid, A Lust for Life and Children’s Health Foundation.

Legacy Charity Partnerships

The firm also has longer-term relations with certain charities for legacy reasons. We are pleased to continue our support of Boardmatch, the only Irish charity that specialises in not-for-profit board recruitment. Founded by the late Mary Redmond, a former partner at Arthur Cox, Boardmatch connects leading organisations with individuals who are interested in volunteering their skills for board vacancies.

The firm continues to be a long-term supporter of the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association (IMNDA), which is a legacy set up to honour our former colleague, Loretto Dempsey, who passed way after a bravely fought battle with Motor Neurone Disease.

We are also happy to continue our partnership with Rethink Ireland, as it backs the most innovative solutions to Ireland’s most pressing social issues. Through our support of Rethink Ireland we help identify charities and social enterprises working in communities across the country who need resources to nurture their ideas and effect change in their communities.

Volunteering

We have a number of long term volunteering partnerships with organisations such as The Early Learning Initiative, Special Olympics and St Vincent de Paul as well as assisting our firm-selected charity partners with their volunteering activities whenever possible. We also have our own Arthur Cox sustainable volunteering initiatives. We also set up the Arthur Cox Zambia Project in memory of our founder Arthur Cox, who left a legacy of community and public service that remains central to the values of the firm today. This has been a very special volunteering project, raising the standards of living in some of the most rural regions of Zambia, by developing sustainable health, education and agricultural infrastructure, hand in hand with local communities.

Education

In addition to this, we also run the PRIME work experience for young people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds that has gone from strength to strength thanks to the commitment of the firm’s volunteers. We also are a long-standing supporter of the Early Learning Initiative at the National College of Ireland, which works with vulnerable young people and their families on their educational journeys.

The firm has also been a long-time supporter of  the Trinity Access Programme Pathways to Law initiative, which has been developed in partnership with the School of Law in Trinity to inspire students from under-represented groups who are interested in the law. Our volunteers work closely with the co-ordinators on key activities, including mentoring and ‘buddying’ opportunities.

The firm is also a supporter of the DCU Access Programme and participates in their Access to the Workplace programme.

Supporting the Arts

We recognise that the arts are a fundamental component of a healthy and sustainable community. That is why we continue to support our cultural partners such as the Royal Hibernian Academy, the National Concert Hall and Business to Arts.